Ten Years

I can't believe I forgot to post this already, but on Wednesday (the 15th) Larry and I celebrated 10 years together! We've officially hit double digits and it feels so weird to say that when you think how long 10 years is! While we have been together and in each other's lives for 10 years, I technically count it as 3 1/2 years since the Military (which is REALLY crazy that it's only been that long since he's been home) so I like to think we're still kind of new to things together.

Us over the last year or so

Anyways, Wednesday I had plans to take Larry out to this fancy Italian restaurant over at the Traverse Mountains Outlets (Jena and I walked by one day and they let us sample a dish and it was ah-mazing! so I told myself I was going to take Larry there one night), but once we got there it was either closed or no one was there and I feel way too weird about being the only people at a restaurant. So we walked past it and I decided a good back-up would be Texas Roadhouse (I absolutely love their rolls and Caesar salads!). Since I was craving Italian food it didn't taste as good as I remember it, but it was still pretty yummy and I enjoyed our time talking about things we're really passionate about. I will say I'm taking advantage of the time we have before kids come into our lives and that's all we talk about, I want to stay one of those couples that has other interests to talk about when we have nights out together. Before dinner Larry surprised me with some gifts when I got home. He got me a new hand-held mirror (that I've been in desperate need for to do my makeup with), a really cute "biker" jacket (I label it biker, but it's probably just a normal jacket to others), and some cute diamond stud earrings, that I've also been in desperate need of. We didn't really do anything big this month since we're planning New York next year as our celebration - I've kind of decided on big anniversaries (you know: 10, 15, 20, 30, etc.) to do big trips when we can afford them and not necessarily on the day of our anniversary. I'm hoping 20 can be Europe :)

Ten years has come by and I love Larry more each year that passes. I feel like we started so young and were so completely different when we met, but because of how young we were I don't think we were willing to just give up right away and learned to grow with each other. I absolutely hate when people mention bad times in a birthday/anniversary/happy days post so I won't say that, but we have definitely learned from each other and learned how to be together in great ways (which ones work and which ones don't). We know when to make the other person laugh or when to just leave them alone for any reason, I love that we travel so well together and that we both love adventures that come in life. I can't explain how I've known for a long time that we are perfect for each other, but I know there is absolutely no one out there that would be better for me than him and I'm so thankful we did get together so early in life.

So in conclusion: Happy Ten Years together to us! We're definitely at the top of our game right now and I can only hope it gets better from here on out :)